Phosphorylation of aciclovir, ganciclovir, penciclovir and S2242 by the cytomegalovirus UL97 protein: A quantitative analysis using recombinant vaccinia viruses

Antiviral Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-42

  Zimmermann, Albert ^a   Michel, Detlef ^a   Pavić, Ivica ^a   Hampl, Walter ^a   Lüske, Anke ^a   Neyts, Johan ^b   De Clercq, Erik ^b   Mertens, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nucleoside analogs; Phosphorylation UL97; Recombinant vaccinia viruses

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 [(1,3 DIHYDROXY 2 PROPOXY)METHYL]PURINE; ACICLOVIR; GANCICLOVIR; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; PENCICLOVIR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VACCINIA VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PURINES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VACCINIA VIRUS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0030782932     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3542(97)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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